4 months old!

I really feel like Jacob has grown up a lot in the last few weeks! His personality seems to be shining through a little more and he's just growing up fast!
He went to the doctor yesterday for his 4 month checkup and he is now 14 lbs, 6 oz and 26 inches long- they say he's pretty tall for his age- 90th percentile!

Here are a couple updates of what Jacob has been up to...

He's gotten much better at grabbing his toys and playing by himself.
This is a picture of his guilty face. I put him to bed one night when I was in MD and when I came back a little while later he was up playing with blocks with my dad and two sisters! Yea he's guilty and he knows it...

This picture is of Jacob talking to Luke on speakerphone while we were in MD and Luke was back at home in CO. Every time Jacob would hear his dad's voice he'd perk up and turn and look for him, it was cute. But he definetly did miss his daddy and liked "talking" to him every night.

Jacob loves to pull out his pacifier and try to put it back in himself, still not very good at putting it back in but it's cute when he tries. I have a cute video of him trying to put his pacifier in, which maybe I'll try putting up later.

He still loves to suck his whole hand and his thumb every now and then, and it's always very loud and sloppy! Definetly has turned into a big drooly baby. A lot of this has just been because of his teething though.

Laughs all the time now, for lots of people, and usually without even being tickled- I loove to hear him laugh! And he does this pose a lot when I get out the camera- it's hilarious! He puts his hands together and smiles, haha I can't get enough of it. Here are some more...

And another big mark is Jacob can roll over now from his belly to back! That was pretty exciting when my family all got to see him do it for the first time and now he'll do it over and over! It's fun but also means, I'm going to have to start baby-proofing the house soon!

Jacob loved playing with all my family when we were visiting Maryland...

twins with Julia

playing with Andrea

hanging with Erika

resting with Grandpa

listening to the Ipod

listening to Erika play guitar

wearing Andrea's glasses

One of my big worries about coming home from our trip from MD though were Jacob's sleeping habits. He had been doing really well before we had left and had established a good schedule for himself. But going to MD where we lost 2 hours and never seemed to really catch up with the time difference, and didn't have a real crib or his own room, it was very hard to make good sleeping habits while we were away from home. So he hogged the bed with me every night, but I really didn't mind it since we were on vacation.

But I worried about coming home, and was pretty sure that my 2 1/2 week vacation would ruin his sleeping habits for life since I spoiled him so much letting him sleep with me and so on. But of course he surprised me once again. Luke and I decided that since we got home on the day Jacob turned 4 months, and he was all off any routine anyway, it would be the perfect time to introduce him to his crib and get rid of the bassinet altogether. Anyway- Jacob has never been better at sleeping through the night and taking naps! I'm just relieved that he has bounced back, accepted he's in a crib at nights, is sleeping allll through the night (and usually even longer), and even takes several, long naps in the crib throughout the day too! I'm actually blown away, but thrilled! Like I said, Jacob's growing up fast!